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Department of Agricultural Engineering

Department of Agricultural Engineering

Agriculture engineering extends its role in developing location specific technologies in the field of soil and water conservation and management, irrigation and drainage, hydrology etc., for diverse hill farming situations. It is deemed to fabricate efficient, durable and strong agricultural tools and implements for hill farmers. An ecologically sound and economically viable vegetative/ biological method has been successfully tested to stabilize and reclaim the landslide area,along the roadsides and towards posterior of houses. The method, which is cheaper than the conventional retaining stone walls, involves cutting and shaping the affected area at about 60 from horizontal, and subsequently placing grass sods on wet surface. As the availability of water for supplemental irrigation is a serious problem for hill farmers cheap and feasible method of rain-water harvesting and storage has been devised. Various efficient agricultural tools and implements have as well been designed and fabricated to cater to the local needs.